diff --git a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/seek-to-live-edge.ts b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/seek-to-live-edge.ts
index 7b5004c8..f5bdbc32 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/seek-to-live-edge.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/seek-to-live-edge.ts
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ function seekToLiveEdgeSetup({
     )
   );
 
+  // The source (manifest url) the initial edge seek has already fired for. The
+  // seek is once *per source* — `entry` fires on every entry into `live`, but a
+  // transient precondition flip (e.g. the live window briefly unknown mid
+  // track-switch) re-enters `live` for the *same* source and must not re-seek.
+  let seekedForSource: string | undefined;
+
   return createMachineReactor<SeekToLiveEdgeFsmState>({
     initial: 'inactive',
     monitor: () => derivedStateSignal.get(),
@@ -129,11 +135,19 @@ function seekToLiveEdgeSetup({
       inactive: {},
 
       live: {
-        // One-time seek into the window so the loader dispatches an in-window
-        // range and preload shows the right frame. Fires once per entry into
-        // `live`; a source change exits to `inactive`, so a new source re-seeks.
-        // Live-specific — a future DVR mode skips this (starts in place).
+        // One-time-per-source seek into the window so the loader dispatches an
+        // in-window range and preload shows the right frame. The business rule is
+        // "on initial load of a source, jump near the live edge — once" — not
+        // "whenever the live preconditions hold." Latching on the source url makes
+        // that explicit: a genuine source change (new url) re-seeks; a transient
+        // re-entry into `live` does not (which would otherwise yank a viewer who
+        // has scrubbed back into the DVR window). The window-exit guard below is
+        // the separate, continuous rule. Live-specific — a future DVR mode skips
+        // even the first seek (starts in place).
         entry: () => {
+          const source = peek(state.presentation)?.url;
+          if (source !== undefined && source === seekedForSource) return;
+          seekedForSource = source;
           // The monitor guarantees a media element + live edge while in `live`.
           const mediaElement = context.mediaElement.get()!;
           const { liveEdgeStart } = getLiveEdge({ state, config })!;
diff --git a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/seek-to-live-edge.test.ts b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/seek-to-live-edge.test.ts
index afb8b289..15045d60 100644
--- a/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/seek-to-live-edge.test.ts
+++ b/packages/spf/src/playback/behaviors/dom/tests/seek-to-live-edge.test.ts
@@ -183,6 +183,63 @@ describe('seekToLiveEdge', () => {
     cleanup();
   });
 
+  it('seeks once per source — a transient re-entry into live does not re-fire the edge seek', async () => {
+    const ms = fakeMediaSource();
+    const el = fakeMediaElement();
+
+    const { cleanup, state } = run({
+      presentation: makePresentation(),
+      trackId: 'v-1',
+      mediaElement: el,
+      mediaSource: ms,
+    });
+    expect(el.currentTime).toBe(104); // initial edge seek
+
+    // Viewer scrubs back into the DVR window (still inside it, above the start).
+    el.currentTime = 100;
+
+    // A transient precondition flip (here the anchor blinks, standing in for the
+    // live edge briefly going unknown mid track-switch) takes the reactor
+    // inactive → live for the SAME source.
+    state.presentationAnchor.set(undefined);
+    await flush();
+    state.presentationAnchor.set(1000);
+    await flush();
+
+    // Not yanked back to the edge — the seek is once per source.
+    expect(el.currentTime).toBe(100);
+
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
+  it('re-seeks on a genuine source change (new url)', async () => {
+    const ms = fakeMediaSource();
+    const el = fakeMediaElement();
+
+    const { cleanup, state } = run({
+      presentation: makePresentation(),
+      trackId: 'v-1',
+      mediaElement: el,
+      mediaSource: ms,
+    });
+    expect(el.currentTime).toBe(104);
+    el.currentTime = 100; // viewer moved
+
+    // Source change goes through an unresolved presentation (exits live), then a
+    // new resolved source with a different url.
+    state.presentation.set(undefined);
+    await flush();
+    const next = makePresentation(200, 80);
+    next.url = 'https://example.com/other.m3u8';
+    state.presentation.set(next);
+    await flush();
+
+    // New source → re-seeks to its live edge (window [200,210], 6s latency → 204).
+    expect(el.currentTime).toBe(204);
+
+    cleanup();
+  });
+
   describe('live-window playhead guard', () => {
     function started() {
       const ms = fakeMediaSource();